From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprecludepre‧clude /prɪˈkluːd/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formalPREVENT to prevent something or make something impossible rules that preclude experimentation in teaching methodspreclude somebody from doing something Age alone will not preclude him from standing as a candidate.→ See Verb table
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preclude• Lack of evidence may preclude a trial.• It must also dole out a level of punishment so severe that it precludes any further response.• Blake returned to London a hero in the eyes of MI6 but the secret nature of his work precluded any official recognition.• But while public provision does not preclude charitable giving, the existence of the profit motive in any service usually does.• These regulations may preclude newspapers from publishing details of politicians' private lives.• While these could be used on the Promenade, their length and awkward entrances precluded their use around town.• Jehovah's Witnesses' religious beliefs precludes them from undertaking compulsory national service.• The many complications seem to preclude this even though the importance of success is as great as ever.• The requirement under consideration precludes this, since there is no threat of violence towards another person involved in such conduct.• The slow kinetics of antigen-antibody dissociation, unfortunately, precludes using antibodies in reversible sensors for continuous monitoring.Origin preclude (1600-1700) Latin praecludere “to block up”, from claudere “to close” 